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Retro rockers, unite. Two bands from the sawdust-on-the-gym floor era return to Duluth for a concert that will probably include more songs than you remember you remember. REO Speedwagon, the smooth-vocalled romantics behind "Keep on Loving You," "Can't Fight this Feeling" and "Time for Me To Fly," share a stage with Styx, the dramatics behind "Mr. Roboto," "Come Sail Away" and "Don't Let It End." Fun fact: these bands last played here together about 16 years ago. (At the time, the News Tribune referred to them as "retro rockers," too). Before that, both bands had landed in Duluth in 1978 — back when they were considered rival bands.

Styx and REO Speedwagon play at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Amsoil Arena. Tickets: Start at $29.50, available at Ticketmaster outlets including the DECC box office and Ticketmaster.com.

AICHO opens 'Phenomenal," celebrates women of color

AICHO is hosting "Phenomenal," an exhibition of works by more than 30 women of color — in addition to honoring 10 women who have played a major role in the development of the organization. The call for art asked for individuals who identify as female are are indigenous, black, Latinx or Asian to submit works that represent womanhood as it relates to culture or equity in feminism within communities of color.

"Phenomenal" opening reception is at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center at AICHO, 202 W. Second St. Tickets: Suggested $10 donation

Back-to-back art receptions

In this context, WTF doesn't mean what you think. WTF, or "What the Feminist," is annual art exhibition with a feminist theme. Last year's submissions ranges from jewelry to portraits to photography and mixed media. This year, the event is at 315 Gallery.

Meanwhile, the Duluth Art Institute is opening two shows: "Terraria Gigantica: The World Under Glass: Dana Fritz," and "The Cut Worm Forgives the Plow: Russell Prather." The former is described as a series of photographs that frame the world's largest enclosed landscapes "as possible impossibilities." The latter is work by the winner of the 2016 Arrowhead Biennial. Prather's work takes ordinary objects that change radically depending on the viewer's line of sight.

"WTF" is 6-9 p.m. today at 315 Gallery, 315 N. Lake Ave.

"Terraria Gigantica" and "The Cut Worm Forgives the Plow" open at 5:30 p.m. today at the Duluth Art Institute, 506 W. Michigan St. Tickets: Free, open to the public.

Krueger plays Glensheen

Sarah Krueger plays a show at a historic mansion next week as part of Glensheen Unplugged. The four-show series features Minnesota musicians playing acoustic sets in front of a small audience in what was the Congdon's Amusement Room. Krueger is a folk-rock singer-songwriter whose influences range from Stevie Nicks to Lauryn Hill to Sharon Van Etten, according to an interview in 2014 — around the time she released her second record, "Lustrous" on Chaperone Records.

That album, she said, was about "finding the light in yourself," she said at the time. "It's about having an artifact that is your life at this time."

Amelia Barr, Ali Litrell Finstrom, Shad Olsen and Adam Sippola will perform as part of a 70th birthday celebration for Andrew Lloyd Webber this weekend at the NorShor Theatre.

The concert will include a live orchestra, conducted by Andy Kust, playing selections from "Jesus Christ Superstar," "The Phantom of the Opera," "Cats," "Evita," "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," and "Love Never Dies." This is also the 50th anniversary of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," and the 30th year of "Phantom" playing on Broadway.

"An Evening Celebrating the Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber" is at 7:30 p.m. March 9-10 at NorShor Theatre, 211 E. Superior St. Tickets: $35 at (218) 733-7555 or norshortheatre.com.